Our Halloween Day!

Our day started out like any other, we had breakfast, told Daddy goodbye, and we got dressed for the day. Then I decided I had better start some laundry before it took over the house. Yikes! It was a scary sight. Then after lunch and quiet time I thought it would be fun for me and Kaia to make some Halloween sugar cookies! I have the best recipe and I have been dying to make it. So I bought cat, ghost, and pumpkin cookie cutters. Kaia was in a mood today so she was running around all redneck like in just a diaper but I still insisted that she wear an apron. She had to look like the part right? I pulled up her chair and began rolling the dough. I let her pick out which cutter she wanted and of course she picked the "tat" (cat, her favorite animal). I showed her how to press it into the dough just once and that was all the lesson she needed. For being only 2 1/2 she did a really good job! And she didn't even try to eat the dough! I was so excited because now I know she is ready for playdough. (We'll have to pass that onto Santa) While Kaia and I were having a blast the boys were not having so much fun. Here, these pictures explain it all. I am not sure why they were crying maybe because they could smell the cookies and wanted some. Which wouldn't surprise me because they seriously could eat all day long. And I am not exaggerating that at all. Anyway, I hurried and put on the great and wonderful "Yo Gabba Gabba" so they were at least quiet while I cleaned up. A few hours later it was time to go trick or treating! YAY!! Matt got home early so we bathed the kids, dressed them, and decided to go out to eat. We went to Burger King. While we waited for Matt to get the food I let the kids play. We love coming here not really for the food but the playground. The kids love it. A few chicken nuggets, some hamburgers, and a bunch of fries later it was time to go. We decided to go to a friend's neighborhood. Every year they have a small party and we all take the kids trick-or-treating. Gabriel went as a mouse, Kaia a cat, and Gatlin was also a mouse. Please excuse the messy whiskers it is not the easiest thing drawing them on wiggly little boys. You see I didn't even attempt to put them on Kaia. We took the kids to a few houses. Kaia had a lot of fun walking but she wouldn't say trick-or-treat. She just stared at the people. LOL Oh well maybe next year? One guy was giving out glow sticks and that was the highlight of our night. Kaia loved it and so did the boys. It was such a fun night. I really do love Halloween. It is a night of pretending which I love. I really look forward to this holiday each year.

When all you can do is laugh.

Today was such a great day! It was so good that I just knew that something would have to go wrong. Matt came home and I was upstairs dressing the kids for bed. I got Kaia ready first because she was wanting to watch her Doodle Bop movie. Then Matt helped me get the boys ready. Both boys are walking now so it is really fun to sit at the top of the stairs and watch them waddle from room to room. Matt loves to get the boys going and started playing Peek-A-Boo with them. They were laughing so hard I went and got the camera. Gabriel was really busting a gut. Gatlin was until he saw the camera. He really really LOVES the camera. (Can we say movie star? LOL j/k) So he got a little distracted. Well after a few moments we realized the time and thought we'd better brush their teeth and call it a night. I went to go get Kaia and found this (Body Cream for Dry Skin)... and then I she turned around and I saw this... What did I do you ask? I fell out on the floor laughing! Yeah I really couldn't help it. Seriously, how could I possible get mad at this snowy little face. She is really sorry can't you tell? She was covered from head to toe literally! I called Matt into the room and he laughed too. Gatlin decided he wanted to put his hand in some too but Matt caught him and put him in his crib before we had another greasy baby on our hands. Well of course she needed a bath. Honestly, I had no idea how I was going to get this out of her hair. I washed it 4 times but it didn't even cut it. Oh well, she was tired so I just put her to bed. Then, I called my friend Jamie, she's a hairstylist, and she gave me a mixture of things to use. So, tomorrow morning we will give it a try. Honestly, I am still laughing. Kaia is a such a funny girl. Yes she is busy and into everything but that is what I love the most about her. She is very entertaining and with her you really never know what she will do next.

Dinner with a bath?

Ok so you know you have had it with test week when you put your crying, screaming children in the tub because that is the only thing that would make them quiet. And then you go prepare dinner, bring it to them and feed them in the tub. Uh-huh, umm yeah that was me last night. I couldn't believe it either. But it worked my children were happy and so was I. We had some chicken and applesauce with a side of bubbles and rubber duckies. It was so nice because as soon as they were finished I cleaned them up and I was done. (what a relief) I don't think I will make a habit of it but I will be sure to remember it on those really rough days.